IG Metall

Encyclopedia : I : IG : IGM : IG Metall

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IG Metall (Industriegewerkschaft Metall - German Metalworkers' Union) is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany. Analysts of German labor relations consider it a major trend-setter in national bargaining. As a metalworkers' union, it represents the labor of the auto industry. Significantly, IG Metall represents both blue- and white-collar workers.

On April 1 1998 the Gewerkschaft Textil und Bekleidung (GTB), the trade union of textile and clothing joined IGM.
On January 1 2000 the Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff (GHK), the trade union of wood and plastics joined IGM.

IGM is a member of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB), the German trade union confederation.
IGM is also a member of some international union umbrella organisations.

Contents

0.1 Organisation structure
0.2 Miscellaneous

0.2.1 metall
0.2.2 chairmen

0.3 External links

0.3.1 Further reading

Organisation structure

IGM consists of 7 Bezirke which are subdivided in Verwaltungstellen:
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[Bezirk Baden-Württemberg]
headquarters located in Stuttgart
28 Verwaltungstellen
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Bezirk Bayern
( Bavaria )
headquarters located in Munich
21 Verwaltungstellen
.
Bezirk Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen
( Berlin + Brandenburg + Saxony )
headquarters located in Berlin
12 Verwaltungstellen
.
Bezirk Frankfurt
( Saarland + Rhineland-Palatinate + Hesse + Thuringia )
headquarters located in Frankfurt/Main
27 Verwaltungstellen
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Bezirk Küste ( "Küste"= "Sea Coast" )
( Bremen + Hamburg + Schleswig-Holstein + Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania )
headquarters located in Hamburg
19 Verwaltungstellen
.
Bezirk Niedersachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt
( Lower Saxony + Saxony-Anhalt )
headquarters located in Hanover
20 Verwaltungstellen
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Bezirk Nordrhein-Westfalen
( North Rhine-Westphalia )
headquarters located in Düsseldorf
47 Verwaltungstellen

Miscellaneous

metall

The IGM magazine metall exists since 1949.
Actually (2005) it has a circulation of over 2 million per issue, there are 10 issues per year.

chairmen

1949-1950: Hans Brümmer, Walter Freitag, Wilhelm Petersen
1950-1952: Hans Brümmer      // 2nd chairman: Walter Freitag
1952-1956: Hans Brümmer      // 2nd chairman: Otto Brenner
1956-1968: Otto Brenner
1968-1972: Otto Brenner      // 2nd chairman: Eugen Loderer
1972-1983: Eugen Loderer     // 2nd chairman: Hans Mayr
1983-1986: Hans Mayr         // 2nd chairman: Franz Steinkühler
1986-1989: Franz Steinkühler // 2nd chairman: Karl-Heinz Jansen
1989-1993: Franz Steinkühler // 2nd chairman: Klaus Zwickel
1993-1998: Klaus Zwickel     // 2nd chairman: Walter Riester
1998-2003: Klaus Zwickel     // 2nd chairman: Jürgen Peters
2003-    : Jürgen Peters     // 2nd chairman: Berthold Huber

External links